Where does “کرد” come from?

کرد (Persian) comes from Middle Persian kwrt, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

کرد (Persian): nomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن

Definitions

  1. nomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن

Ancestry of “کرد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiankwrt—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “کرد”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Middle Persian kwrt →